Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grater \Grat"er\, a. [From Qrate, v.]
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or
utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small
particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grater
n 1: utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as
vegetables or cheese)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "grater":
cheese grater, comminutor, crusher, granulator, grinder, kominuter,
levigator, masher, mill, millstone, mortar and pestle,
nutmeg grater, pestle, pulverizer, quern, quernstone, rock crusher,
roller, shredder, steamroller, triturator